MediaWiki-l July 2009

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] Backing up
by Henny Savenije 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

At 05:30 AM 7/21/2009, you wrote: >What is a good way to confirm that my backup backed up the entire site? > >Apart from the site, I also need the images directory, the extensions >directory, and the php configuration file (I forget the name). >Anything else? > >_______________________________________________ >MediaWiki-l mailing list >MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l You could make a backup of the data in the database with this program http://www.mysqldumper.de/ As for the images, try the software provided by your hosting company _ _ (o) (o) oOOO----(_)----OOOo--- Henny (Lee Hae Kang) ----------------------------- http://www.henny-savenije.pe.kr Portal to all my sites http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr (in English) Feel free to discover Korea with Hendrick Hamel (1653-1666) http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/indexk2.htm In Korean http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/Dutch In Dutch http://www.vos.henny-savenije.pe.kr Frits Vos Article about Witsen and Eibokken and his first Korean-Dutch dictionary http://www.cartography.henny-savenije.pe.kr (in English) Korea through Western Cartographic eyes http://www.hwasong.henny-savenije.pe.kr Hwasong the fortress in Suwon http://www.oldKorea.henny-savenije.pe.kr Old Korea in pictures http://www.british.henny-savenije.pe.kr A British encounter in Pusan (1797) http://www.genealogy.henny-savenije.pe.kr/ Genealogy http://www.henny-savenije.pe.kr/phorum Bulletin board for Korean studies

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more spam issues
by 2007＠gmaskfx.com 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

Is anybody else getting tons of user registrations that have spam in the user pages and the usernames are soemthing like "180 buy Viagra"? I haven't had a chance to test it but doesn't the keyword blacklist block the usage of those words in usernames and userpages? Also is there a better captcha available.. this bot is getting around the math question AD

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New Extension:NSFileRepo Announcement - Protect images and files the same as other NameSpace access restrictions
by Jack D. Pond 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

After two years of promising to look at this, I finally did (mostly because I had to update several wikis to use SMW). It requires only a very minor patch to GlobalFunctions.php to install, and I'm working on removing that barrier in the future. See: http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Extension:NSFileRepo for full details and installation instructions. ==What can this extension do? == The NSFileRepo extension implements a way to restrict access to specified files and images to a given set of user groups using NameSpace protections. This provides a more fine grained security model and allows access restriction to users in specified groups. ==Usage== Generically, you use the same syntax as a normal file/image reference link, adding the namespace between the file specifier ("File","Image", or "Media"), and the file name: [[{FILE_NS}:{Namespace}:{Filename}]] Example(Where "Project" is the protected namespace and "ProjectFile.pdf" is the file to which you wish to limit access): [[File:Project:ProjectFile.pdf]]] The standard for accessing files/images is generally: [[File:Filename.txt]] [[Image:Filename.jpg]] [[Media:Filename.pdf]] This extension allows you to protect access to files/images, by adding the namespace text identifier after the file namespace identifier, for example(Where "Project" is the protected namespace and "ProjectFile.xxx" is the file to which you wish to limit access): [[File:Project:Filename.txt]] [[Image:Project:Filename.jpg]] [[Media:Project:Filename.pdf]] Limitations of security are the same as for Extension Lockdown. To review these limitations, [[Extension:Lockdown#Additional_measures | please reference here]]. To use the full capabilities of this extension (e.g., specific namespace protections), you will need to install and use the namespace protections provided through [[Extension:Lockdown]]. This extension was made possible by the introduction of Repository Classes by Tim Starling - an elegant and brilliant implementation. It uses a new Local Repository class mechanism. Technical details on how this extension works can be found [[Extension:NSFileRepo/DOC | here]]. This extension has only been tested on 1.15.0, but should work on everything >= 1.13.0 I will be testing 1.13.0 and 1.14.0 within the next couple of days. As always, I appreciate any help/advice/support. Hope this helps! Jack D. Pond "Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed." -- Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill(1874-1965)

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question about fresh installation
by Tim Daschner 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

Hello folks, I am installing mediawiki on a windows vista machine (don't ask why vista) with apache, mod php and all the good stuff. I have a virtual host pointing at a folder which contains the unzipped mediawiki folder. As per instructions, I go to config/index.php, I see the big form to enter db passwords, admin passwords etc. When I hit the install button, however, I get a authentication dialog box asking for some user id and password for my apache digest realm. Wheres that coming from? What should be the user id and password here? I cannot go any further because, I basically don't know whats the user id and password. What did I miss? Thanks in advance! Best, Tim

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Can I make a table in mediawiki look like this? (transferring pages from phpwiki).
by Mark London 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

Hi - I have a table with a different number of rows in each column in phpwiki: http://web.mit.edu/london/www/table.htm Can I make a similar table in mediawiki? I can't find any example on the web for how to do this. Thanks. - Mark

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Getting the pages in a given category.
by Pierre LINDENBAUM 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

Hi all, using the mediawiki API, I can list the pages in a given category. For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=categorymembers&cmtitle… returns: <?xml version="1.0"?> <api> <query> <categorymembers> <cmpageid="22939"ns="0"title="Physics"/> <cmpageid="24489"ns="0"title="Outline of physics"/> <cmpageid="1653925"ns="100"title="Portal:Physics"/> <cmpageid="3445246"ns="0"title="Glossary of classical physics"/> <cmpageid="22950086"ns="0"title="Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics"/> <cmpageid="2129107"ns="14"title="Category:Fundamental physics concepts"/> <cmpageid="4769321"ns="0"title="Timeline of fundamental physics discoveries"/> <cmpageid="694942"ns="14"title="Category:Physicists"/> <cmpageid="1198"ns="0"title="Acoustics"/> <cmpageid="1913676"ns="14"title="Category:Applied and interdisciplinary physics"/> </categorymembers> </query> <query-continue> <categorymemberscmcontinue="Atomic, molecular, and optical physics|"/> </query-continue> </api> I now want to limit my query to only one MW namespace. I have tried to use the cmnamespace parameter. But http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=categorymembers&cmtitle… returns the same result. How should I use this namespace parameter ?

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Recent changes clean up extension?
by Eric K 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

Suppose a vandal moves a page to an offensive name and I revert it back. Its still there in the Recent changes. Does any extension exist to clean that up or do I have to go into myPHPAdmin every time to do that?

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New skin based on Monobook
by Ekompute .info 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

Hi, I wonder how to make it sure that the column-content (article section) does not jump up to the top of the browser before settling down to its final position (see website at Dummipedia.org <http://dummipedia.org/Mike_Tyson>). The effect is easier to see in the article pages as I have taken out the Article Title in the homepage. PM Poon -- * http://dummipedia.org The 5-Minute Concise Encyclopedia * http://aseanpedia.com The Unofficial ASEAN Tourism Encyclopedia * http://webmasterteachyourself.com The Companion Guide for Newbie Webmasters and Bloggers

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26 July Appalachian Trail Packet Event!
by Bob Bruninga 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

QST Mountain-toppers: Next weekend will be the first annual 2000 mile APpalachian Trail Packet radio event where we will atttempt APRS text messaging along the trail from Georgia to Maine. We have located 14 mountain tops that will make the RF link in 14 hops. But guess what! We dont have someone volunteered to be on Mt Katahdin in Maine to receive it! Please see www.aprs.org/at-golden-packet.html Or moe specifically our needs at Katahdin: www.aprs.org/hamtrails/katahdin.html The event is officially only 4 hours long, but some of us will go up early and stay late. We want to demo the long haul APRS text messaging capability. And do this annualy so that packet radio gets some respect, instead of ignorance at Field Day... Bob, WB4APR

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Bugzilla mailer-daemon address changed
by Brion Vibber 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Just a quick note -- Mail from Bugzilla is now being sent from the address bugzilla-daemon(a)wikimedia.org instead of bugzilla-daemon(a)mail.wikimedia.org to (hopefully) play nicer with spam filters and such. You may need to update your local filters if you're checking this exact address to put bugmail in a folder. -- brion

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